Type-writer cabinet



No. 6I3,l82. Patented Oct. 25, I898. P. E. WHITING.

TYPE WRITER CABINET.

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No. 6I3,I82. Patented 0ct. 25, I898, P. E. WHITING. TYPE WRITER CABINET.

(Application Med Dec. 1, 1897.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP E. WHITING, OF OARMI, ILLINOIS.

TYPE-WRITER CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,182, dated October25, 1898.

Application filed December 1, 1897. $erial No. 660,391. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP E. WHITING, of Oarmi, in the county of Whiteand State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Type-WriterCabinet, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in type-writer cabinets in whichthe cabinet is provided with separate compartments for the machine andfor receiving supplies, and these compartments are provided with doorsor closures, which are connected with each other and with a drawer whichsupports the typewriter, so that when the drawer is pulled out thetype-Writer compartment and the compartments containing the supplies areopened and the same are closed by pushing the drawer in.

The invention consists of certain novel constructions, which will behereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, formingapart ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a front elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan of thesame, partially in section. Fig. 3 is a perspective showing the cabinetopen. Fig. 4 is a sectional side elevation. Fig. 5 is a detail showingthe method of mounting the drawer upon the table, and Fig. 6 is a detailshowing the spring-lock on the drawer.

The object of my invention is to provide a type-writer cabinet whichshall contain compartments for the type-writer and also for containingsupplies and such articles as may be needed by the operator and to soconstruct these compartments that they are all closed and locked by theact of pushing in a drawer and are all opened by pulling the drawer out.

The cabinet is shown as mounted upon a table A, which may be of anyconvenient or suitable construction. This table is provided with adrawer F, mounted upon guides, so as to be pulled outward and pushedback, said drawer carrying the type-writer thereon. The method ofmounting this drawer is shown in detail in Fig. 5, in which F representsthe drawer, A a portion of the table, and G two plates, which aremounted upon the table so as to leave a narrow recess or groove betweenthem. Within this groove is placed one edge of a plate g, fixed upon theside of the drawer.

The type-writer cabinet, as shown in the drawings, contains acompartment D for the reception of the machine, compartments 0 upon eachside of the compartment D, and a compartment B located above thetype-writer.

The compartments B and O are provided with doors 0 and B, hinged so asto swing outwardly. The exact location and number of compartments is ofcourse immaterial.-

The arrangement shown in the drawings is a desirable one; but otherarrangements may be adopted, if desired, without the cabinet beingessentially different in principle. I have also shown a narrow drawer E,located between the type-writer compartment D and the upper compartment13, said drawer being provided with a cover E, said drawer being adaptedto contain tools which may be needed in the use of the type-Writer. Thecompartments C and B are provided with shelves or other furnishingswhich will especially adapt them for the purpose for which they are intended.

The doors B and C are fixed-upon vertical rods 1) and b, said rods beingjournaled at top and bottom of the doors and forming the pivotstherefor, and the lower ends of said rods extend downward through thetable A. Upon their lower ends the rods are provided with gear-wheels H,the gear-wheels upon the adjacent pivots b and b being connected by anidler H, so that they will both turn in the same direction.

The drawer F is provided with racks H located upon each side thereof andmeshing with one of the gear-wheels H, so that when the drawer is movedoutward or inward the wheels H will be rotated correspondingly. It isthus evident that when the drawer F is pulled outward the pivots b and bwill be ro tated so as to swing the doors B and O, and thus open theircompartments.

The type-writer is covered by a hood D, which is formed as a segment ofa cylinder, having a convexed outer plate connected to the end plates,the hood being pivoted at D to the side walls of the compartment D. Thispivot is at the lower side of the compartment, so that the hood D mayswing inward or outward. The outer position of the hood is shown in fulllines in Fig. 4 and the inner position by dotted lines.

Upon the table within the compartmentD are fixed two standards F, uponthe tops of which are pivoted the levers f. These levers are connectedat their upper and lower ends by means of the links f and f,respectively, to the hood D and the drawer F. When the drawer F ispulled outward, the hood D will by reason of this connection be swunginward, so as to occupy the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4.This will transfer the hood from the outer side of the type-writer tothe inner or rear side, thus exposing the type-writer for use, and atthe same time the type-writer will move outward, where it will be moreaccessible and convenient for operation. It will thus be seen that thetype-writer is drawn outward, where it is convenient for use, and isuncovered by a movement which, in addition, opensthe compartmentscontaining the supplies. Said compartments will contain paper, pens,envelops, stamps, and other articles which would be needed incorrespondence.

The outer end of the drawer is provided with a spring-lock of someconvenient form, which will automatically lock the same when the draweris pushed in. Such alock is shown in Fig. 6 and consists of a pivotedplate d, which is provided with two rods d, extending to opposite sidesof the drawer and adapted to engage notches in the table A. These rodsare normally held outward by means of the spring (1 coiled on the pivotof the plate d and bearing at its ends on the ends of said rods. Thislock is unlocked by any suitable key connection which will withdraw thebolts Any convenient form of spring-lock will answer, however, as wellas that shown.

This cabinet presents many features of merit, among which may be statedthe convenience attending its use and the fact that the same may bereadily and completely closed byasingle operation of pushing in thedrawer and opened by the contrary operation of drawing out the drawer.This is often very desirable, especially where private correspondence isbeing carried on and parties have access to the room containing thetype-writer. In such cases, when interrupted, the type-writer may beentirely closed by pushing in the drawer, thus hiding the correspondencefrom view.

An ink-well I may be fitted in the base,where it will be covered by thehood when it is closed down, and the hood provided with a plate I, solocated as to cover this ink-well. The doors of the supply-compartmentsmaybe provided with racks for penholders, pencils, &c., as shown at Hwhich will place them in convenient position for use when the cabinet isopened.

A calendar (not shown) may be placed on the inner face of the upperleft-hand door 13.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. In a type-writercabinet, the combination ofa case having a drawer mounted to slide therein and adapted to supportthe typewriter, with a pivoted hood adapted to cover the type-writer, alever mounted on a fixed fulcrum,and links connecting the ends of saidlever with the hood and drawer, whereby when the drawer is pulled outthe hood is swung back and the hood is swung forward as the drawer ispushed back, substantially as described.

2. A type-writer cabinet, having a drawer therein supporting thetype-writer, separate compartments having hinged doors and adapted tocontain supplies, vertical rods attached to said doors and formingpivots therefor, toothed wheels upon said rods, connecting idler-wheels,and racks upon the drawer engaging one of said wheels, which open andclose the doors by movement of the drawer, substantially as described.

3. A type-writer cabinet, comprising a casing having a compartment forthe type-writer and compartments for supplies, a pivoted hood coveringthe type-writer, a drawer sliding in the type-writer compartment andhaving the type-writer mounted thereon, rods pivotally connected to thedoors and extending through the cabinet-base, gears mounted on the lowerends of the rods, racks upon the drawer engaging said gears, a leverhavinga fixed fulcrum, and links connecting the ends of the lever withthe drawer and hood, substantially as described.

PHILIP E. \VIIITING.

\Vitnesses:

ULYssEs S. PARISH, GEo. O. ZIEGLER.

